Comments on: Things I Want To Tell My Pregnant Friends

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 22:01:00 +0000

I’m definitely not looking forward to that whole ordeal again, let me tell you! It’s probably best NOT to know it before you get pregnant 😉

By: Lisa C

Lisa C — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:17:00 +0000

I have to say I’m glad I heard all about the gory details of the post-delivery recovery wayyyy before we had kids (which we still don’t). I would have freaked out if I had heard that while pregnant or learned about it because it was happening to me.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 02:50:00 +0000

It depends where you live and how big your house is, but for us it would be around $100ish every other week and more if they only come once per month (because then there’s more for them to do).

By: Kelley @ A Moyer Adventure

Kelley @ A Moyer Adventure — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:23:00 +0000

I’ve been thinking the same! I can keep up with the every day cleaning/picking up, but the stuff that takes a lot of time just gets put on the back burner and never gets done. Any idea how much this costs?!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:33:00 +0000

Oh, motherhood will be BEYOND worth it. I feel like ‘worth it’ means that the positives will kind of outweigh the negatives, but in my experience, while it’s important to be prepared for the exhaustion and mental fatigue and the unglamorous and freakin’ HARD parts of motherhood, the wonderful moments you are about to experience will surpass anything you could ever imagine and will quite simply blow your mind. I’m so excited for you!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:31:00 +0000

Both of my babies were surprises too, and I always say I’m so thankful because if I had waited until I was ‘ready’, I probably would have never had Clara! God knows what I need more than I do! Trust me, you will sleep, you will go out, your birth story will eventually be ancient history that you will share with other people… and without a DOUBT your heart will be bigger than you ever thought it could be! I mean ‘worth it’ doesn’t even begin to describe my experience with motherhood. It has been completely hard and transformative but also the BIGGEST blessing I could have ever imagined. I think the hard parts of motherhood are worth mentally preparing yourself for, only because the positives you will simply experience and be overwhelmed by in the best of ways.

By: Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:42:00 +0000

Thank you for this post! I’m due in 2 weeks with my first, and while people have given me plenty of “advice” during my pregnancy, I haven’t heard anything as honest and real as this. I know it will be worth it no matter what though!

By: Katie Elizabeth

Katie Elizabeth — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:18:00 +0000

Oh my gosh, I almost feel the opposite – I swear everything anyone has ever said to me about having kids has been more negative than good! If this baby hadn’t been a nice little surprise ;), I really don’t know how long it would have taken us to have kids for this exact reason. All I hear are horror stories about never sleeping again, no social life, terrifying birth stories haha. I know it will be okay though and we’ll get through it because everyone does and then we’ll say it was totally worth it 🙂

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 04:21:00 +0000

You’re in the thick of it, for sure! It’s awesome that you felt so prepared, but I agree, recovery is HARD. At least for me, the recovery from a c-section was the WORST and I was totally unprepared for bathroom experiences after that. I figured since I didn’t have a vaginal delivery that everything would be the same ‘down there’. NOPE. That’s what I’m most afraid of for having a toddler and a newborn… how will I function during recovery?!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 04:15:00 +0000

I totally agree with you Kate, I’m not sure I would have understood either, even if someone told me! Maybe people did tell me and my then-pregnant self just didn’t listen. It’s a totally different ballgame once you’re in the ‘mom club’ and have other moms to share experiences with, because then everyone kind of ‘gets it’. Yep, parenthood is awesome and weird and I feel really, really blessed to be Clara’s mom, even if my life has completely changed!